By Goolsby H.R. No. 1037 77R15857 MW-D R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P. law firm 1-2 is celebrating its 50th anniversary, a milestone that marks a 1-3 half-century of providing exemplary legal services in the Lone Star 1-4 State; and 1-5 WHEREAS, The firm was established in Dallas by Will C. 1-6 Thompson and R. Vernon Coe, who formed a partnership to address 1-7 insurance regulatory and legislative advocacy matters; it now has 1-8 80 attorneys and 120 employees, with offices in Dallas and Austin, 1-9 and offers a full range of commercial legal services; and 1-10 WHEREAS, The firm now has 26 equity partners, including 1-11 Franklin H. Perry, Richard S. Geiger, Robert O. Lamb, David M. 1-12 Taylor, Randy A. Nelson, Jack M. Cleaveland, Roger D. Higgins, 1-13 Rodney D. Bucker, John L. Ross, Alison H. Moore, Rick Mosher, 1-14 Newton Jones, Jennifer Aufricht, Beth Bradley, Michael W. Jones, 1-15 Rider Scott, William Radford, Jim Sowder, David Eriksen, Sherry 1-16 Travers, Harrison Yoss, Tom Culpepper, Jeff Otto, Rick Harmon, 1-17 Gerrit Pronske, and Kevin Thomason; and 1-18 WHEREAS, Among the partners who have contributed 1-19 significantly to Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, two have 1-20 especially close ties with the Texas Legislature; Dick Geiger 1-21 graduated from Southern Methodist University Law School and was 1-22 elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1972, serving two 1-23 terms representing District 33-G in Dallas County and as vice 1-24 chairman of the Committee on State Affairs; he joined the law firm 2-1 in 1975, was elected partner three years later, and currently is 2-2 chairman of the firm's management committee; and 2-3 WHEREAS, Rider Scott graduated from The University of Texas 2-4 School of Law, worked as an assistant district attorney in Dallas 2-5 from 1974 to 1987 under Henry Wade, and left as first assistant; he 2-6 served as general counsel and chief of staff for Governor William 2-7 P. Clements, Jr., and joined the firm in 1996; and 2-8 WHEREAS, For half a century this outstanding Texas law firm 2-9 has demonstrated an uncompromising commitment to serving the needs 2-10 of its clients, and it is truly a pleasure to recognize it at this 2-11 time; now, therefore, be it 2-12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas 2-13 Legislature hereby honor Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P. on 2-14 the occasion of its 50th anniversary and extend to all its 2-15 partners, attorneys, and staff sincere best wishes for continued 2-16 success.